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Wednesday’s national forecast

A westerly airflow lies over New Zealand today, a weakening front pushes northwards over the South Island during the day….

Asia Weather News: India 45+C temps, Tokyo heavy rain, Korea & China 8+C above normal (+Maps)

We have more international weather headlines with heavy rain impacting Japan, hot weather in India and above normal temperatures across…

InfoGraphic: The Big Picture for Wednesday

A westerly airflow lies over New Zealand on Wednesday with an occluded front gradually pushing northwards over the South Island…

Gloomy weather for western NZ continues due to enormous anticyclone (+4 Cloud Maps)

UPDATED TUESDAY — Anticyclones don’t always bring sunny weather and the huge high this week is no different with gloomy…

VIDEO: Enormous high this week but big low(s) next week?

The huge belt of high pressure continues to affect NZ but it’s bringing some gloomy weather to the west, sunny…

Australia: The long road to drought

A prolonged period of dry and warm weather is taking a toll on Australia’s water balance, with large swaths of…

Warmer than average days, cooler nights – Temperature trends for the rest of May (+4 maps)

When it’s warmer than average that doesn’t mean it feels warm, but it means the temperatures are higher than they…

2 million people are at ‘high’ risk for catastrophic tornadoes in parts of Oklahoma and Texas

For the first time in two years, forecasters have issued their most dire warning for the risk of catastrophic tornadoes….

InfoGraphic: The Big Picture for Tuesday / Wednesday

A southwesterly airflow lies over New Zealand today, moving around a large high centred in the Tasman Sea. The flow…

Tuesday’s national forecast

A southwesterly airlflow lies over New Zealand today, moving around a high centred in the Tasman Sea. Northland, Auckland, Waikato…

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Meteors – Your Eyewitness Reports!

WeatherWatch.co.nz receives meteor reports from all over New Zealand and the globe, 24/7/365. **CASUAL COMMENTS**If you’ve seen something in the…

Latest: Gabrielle approaches NZ (+25 Maps)

The effects of Cyclone Gabrielle will be felt across much of the North Island today, especially later in the day,…

Cyclone Gabrielle strengthening as it slowly passes Great Barrier Island (20+ maps)

12:15am Tuesday NZDT — Cyclone Gabrielle’s movement has slowed to an absolute crawl near Great Barrier Island. The longer the…